# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/341 "2010-08-20T05:07:30Z")

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Gay actors or actresses who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
2. George Takei - Star Trek (Hikaru Sulu)

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/342 "2010-08-20T12:00:00Z")

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Gay actors or actresses who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
2. George Takei - Star Trek (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - Frasier

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/343 "2010-08-20T12:44:06Z")

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1. Neal Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
2. George Takei - Star Trek (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
4. Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/344 "2010-08-20T13:13:31Z")

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Gay actors who have played “the straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
2. George Takei - Star Trek (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
4. Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development
5. Rosie O"Donnell–Fidler on the Roof (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/345 "2010-08-20T13:21:29Z")

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Gay actors who have played “the straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
2. George Takei - Star Trek (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
4. Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development
5. Rosie O"Donnell–Fidler on the Roof (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on Married with Children

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/346 "2010-08-20T13:27:48Z")

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Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/347 "2010-08-20T13:56:00Z")

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Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/348 "2010-08-20T14:36:48Z")

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1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/349 "2010-08-20T15:48:55Z")

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Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played
10. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog” (or waitaminit, is she straight again?)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/350 "2010-08-20T16:17:42Z")

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1. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog” (or waitaminit, is she straight again?)  
I think she’s always identified herself as bisexual.

Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played
10. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog”
11. Jane Lynch - Glee

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/351 "2010-08-20T16:21:25Z")

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Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played
10. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog”
11. Jane Lynch - “Glee”
12. Ronald Reagan - “Hellcats of the Navy”

Just kidding.

Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played
10. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog”
11. Jane Lynch - “Glee”
12. Ian McKellen - “Apt Pupil”

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/352 "2010-08-20T17:03:40Z")

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Gay actors who have played “teh straight”

1. Neal Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother”
2. George Takei - “Star Trek” (Hikaru Sulu)
3. David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”
4. Portia de Rossi - “Arrested Development”
5. Rosie O’Donnell–“Fiddler on the Roof” (Golde to Harvey Fierstein’s Tevye)
6. Amanda Bearse - Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”
7. Ellen DeGeneres - “Mr. Wrong”
8. Jodie Foster - “Maverick”
9. Rock Hudson - every role he ever played
10. Anne Heche - “Wag the Dog”
11. Jane Lynch - “Glee”
12. Ian McKellen - “Apt Pupil”
13. Dan Butler–“Fraiser” (Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe)

New catagory: Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/353 "2010-08-20T17:38:28Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.

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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/354 "2010-08-20T17:42:32Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/355 "2010-08-20T18:09:36Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/356 "2010-08-20T19:10:35Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.
5. Michael Jackson (you didn’t say they had to be living!)

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/357 "2010-08-20T19:27:39Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.
5. Michael Jackson (you didn’t say they had to be living!)
6. Tiger Woods (screwed up a fantasy life)

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/358 "2010-08-20T19:29:33Z")

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1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.
5. Michael Jackson (you didn’t say they had to be living!)
6. Tiger Woods (screwed up a fantasy life)
7. OJ Simpson (killed some people)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/359 "2010-08-20T20:01:21Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.
5. Michael Jackson (you didn’t say they had to be living!)
6. Tiger Woods (screwed up a fantasy life)
7. O.J. Simpson (killed some people)
8. Andy Dick, for proving himself worthy of his last name

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/360 "2010-08-20T20:48:42Z")

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Once a respected celebrity, now considered a total whackjob (and why)!

1. Jennie McCarthy, for her anti-vaccine stand
2. Tom Cruise, for his Scientology rants and couch jumping antics.
3. Mel Gibson, raving anti-Semite.
4. Michael Richards, for racist rants.
5. Michael Jackson (you didn’t say they had to be living!)
6. Tiger Woods (screwed up a fantasy life)
7. O.J. Simpson (killed some people)
8. Andy Dick, for proving himself worthy of his last name
9. Lindsay Lohan, for ongoing substance abuse

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